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Customers Experience Apple Vison Pro at an Apple store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2024 - The first customer to buy Apple Vison Pro poses for a photo with a shop assistant and store manager in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2024. Apple Vison Pro went on sale in China on the same day.

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Customers Experience Apple Vison Pro at an Apple store in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 28, 2024 - The first customer to buy Apple Vison Pro poses for a photo with a shop assistant and store manager in Shanghai, China, June 28, 2024. Apple Vison Pro went on sale in China on the same day.

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Matsui returns to Japan ahead of ceremony

NARITA, Japan - Former professional baseball player Hideki Matsui (2nd from R) is greeted by fans at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2013, after his arrival from the United States. Matsui returned to Japan to attend a retirement ceremony to be given by his first pro club, the Yomiuri Giants, at Tokyo Dome on May 5, when he will also receive the People's Honor Award along with his first pro manager and Japan Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima.

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Matsui returns to Japan ahead of ceremony

NARITA, Japan - Former professional baseball player Hideki Matsui (3rd from R) is greeted by fans at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2013, after his arrival from the United States. Matsui returned to Japan to attend a retirement ceremony to be given by his first pro club, the Yomiuri Giants, at Tokyo Dome on May 5, when he will also receive the People's Honor Award along with his first pro manager and Japan Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima.

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Matsui returns to Japan ahead of ceremony

NARITA, Japan - Former professional baseball player Hideki Matsui (R) is greeted by fans at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2013, after his arrival from the United States. Matsui returned to Japan to attend a retirement ceremony to be given by his first pro club, the Yomiuri Giants, at Tokyo Dome on May 5, when he will also receive the People's Honor Award along with his first pro manager and Japan Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima.

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Giants bring home 1st Asia Series championship

BUSAN, South Korea - Tatsunori Hara, manager of the Japanese pro baseball Yomiuri Giants, holds the trophy after the team defeats the Taiwan champion Lamigo Monkeys 6-3 in the final of the Asia Series Championship in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 11, 2012, bringing home the Giants' first victory in the championship.

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Tao gets axe as Rakuten to end season in cellar

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Yasushi Tao (file photo) will be given his walking papers in a dismissal at the end of the season to take responsibility for the Pacific League club's dismal performance, team sources said Sept. 25. Tao signed a three-year contract to take the helm of Rakuten, which was the first team to be created in Japanese pro baseball in nearly half a century.

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(9)1st strike by Japanese baseball players begins

SAPPORO, Japan - Fans queue at JR Sapporo Station on Sept. 18 for autographs of Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman (R) as pro baseball players went on the first strike in the 70-year history of the sport in Japan.

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Rhodes blasts 54th homer

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes watches the ball after blasting a solo homer off Chiba Lotte Marines starter Atsushi Yoshida with two outs in the bottom of the first inning at Osaka Dome on Sept. 12. It was Rhodes' 54th home run of the season, one shy of Japan pro baseball's annual record of 55 held by Sadaharu Oh, now manager of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.

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Tao gets axe as Rakuten to end season in cellar

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Yasushi Tao (file photo) will be given his walking papers in a dismissal at the end of the season to take responsibility for the Pacific League club's dismal performance, team sources said Sept. 25. Tao signed a three-year contract to take the helm of Rakuten, which was the first team to be created in Japanese pro baseball in nearly half a century. (Kyodo)

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(9)1st strike by Japanese baseball players begins

SAPPORO, Japan - Fans queue at JR Sapporo Station on Sept. 18 for autographs of Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman (R) as pro baseball players went on the first strike in the 70-year history of the sport in Japan. (Kyodo)

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SoftBank skipper Kudo wins Shoriki award

SoftBank Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo gives a press conference in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2015, after he was named the winner of this year's Matsutaro Shoriki Award. Kudo steered the team to the Japan Series title in his first year as manager. The award created in honor of the Yomiuri Giants founder is given annually to recognize individuals for their contribution to Japan's pro baseball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Uehara returns to Giants

Reliever Koji Uehara (R) receives a cap from Yoshitaka Katori, the Yomiuri Giants general manager, during a press conference in Tokyo on March 9, 2018, as Uehara rejoins his first pro club Yomiuri. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Uehara returns to Giants

Reliever Koji Uehara (R) and Yoshitaka Katori, the Yomiuri Giants general manager, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on March 9, 2018, as Uehara rejoins his first pro club Yomiuri. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rhodes blasts 54th homer

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes watches the ball after blasting a solo homer off Chiba Lotte Marines starter Atsushi Yoshida with two outs in the bottom of the first inning at Osaka Dome on Sept. 12. It was Rhodes' 54th home run of the season, one shy of Japan pro baseball's annual record of 55 held by Sadaharu Oh, now manager of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks.